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- 1931: Frankenstein
- ... of his own self-interest. By characterising Prometheanism, Mary Shelleys Frankenstein is a critique of male egoism. Shelley represents male egoism through the assertiveness of her glory seeking characters. The attitude of her narrator, Robert Walton, is typified by his belief in his God given right to have ultimate success in Arctic explorations. He writes to his sister Margaret asking, do I not deserve to accomplish some great purpose? (Shelley ...
- 1932: Familial Themes With Shakespea
- ... Bibliography 1) Abrams, M. H. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. W. W. Norton and Co., New York, 1993. 2) Harbage, Alfred. Shakespeare: the Tragedies. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1964. 3) Heilman, Robert. Shakespeare: the Tragedies (New Perspective). Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1984. 4) Spencer, Theodore. Shakespeare and the Nature of Man. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1961.
- 1933: Book Comparison Of Sister Carr
- ... goes bankrupt, Carrie gets a job and leaves Hurstwood after learning that she can support herself. The third time around is where Carrie and Janie suffer the worst consequences. Carrie meets a young man named Robert Ames. Despite the kindness he intrigues her with, he was not concerned with emotions towards Carrie. She was left in loneliness only to dream of what she didnt have, as noted here: In your ...
- 1934: Wuthering Heights
- ... neighboring tenant, Mr. Heathcliff and after walking four miles in the snow, he reaches the Heights to find the gate closed. He stands "on that bleak hilltop [where] the earth was hard with a black frost, and the air made [him] shiver through every limb." (WH-p.29) In fact, the word "Wuthering, being a significant provincial adjective, [is] descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed to ...
- 1935: Virgil The Art Of Imitating Ho
- ... Chelsea House Publishers, 1996. . Homer s Odyssey. Pennsylvania: Chelsea House Publishers, 1996. . Virgil s Aeneid. Pennsylvania: Chelsea House Publishers, 1996. Gransden, K.W. Virgil, The Aeneid. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Virgil. The Aeneid. trans. Robert Fitzgerald. New York: Vintage Classics, 1990.
- 1936: 16th And 17th Century English
- ... Genesis story of Adam and Eve. Thus if woman (Eve) were really created from man (Adam), and both of these important documents give precedence to this story, that was how it was. John Dod and Robert Cleaver wrote a treatise on household government, which outlines and contrasts the duties of the husband versus the wife. As well, Gervase Markham wrote a book titled The English Hus-Wife who elaborates on the ...
- 1937: To Kill A Mockingbird 4
- ... while he and his family are threatened and accused of being nigger-lovers . During the short process, Atticus easily proves that the white girl actually tried to seduce Tom Robinson, who resisted her. Her father, Robert Ewell, an extremely primitive and brutal man, caught her in the act, beat her and ordered her to tell the sheriff that Tom Robinson has raped her. There is enough of evidence in favour of ...
- 1938: The Odyssey - A Creton Lie
- ... with the suitors. He agrees to how Odysseus ended the lives of the suitors to regain his wife s love back after all these years that he was gone. - Works Cited - Homer. The Odyssey. Trans. Robert Fagles; Intro. Bernard Knox. New York: Penguin Books, 1996.
- 1939: The Awakening Of Women
- ... century exalted as a role model. Leonce Pontellier shows the feelings of Victorian society toward women. He treats Edna as a possession rather than a person, and views her awakening as a burden and embarrassment. Robert Lebrun continues to illustrate the constricting Victorian society when he leaves Edna instead of being with her because she is married and cannot start over with him. Madame Adele Ratignolle represents everything that Edna is ...
- 1940: The Odyssey 4
- ... own thoughts. Though the men rule under different circumstances and are occupied with their own struggles, they ultimately satisfy their responsibilities and obligations and prove to be able leaders. Works cited: Homer. The Odyssey. Trans. Robert Fitzgerald. 1961. Ed. Maynard Mack. New York: W.W. Norton Company, 1995. 219-503. Kalidasa. Sakuntala. Trans. Barbara Stoler Miller. 1984. Ed. Maynard Mack. New York: W.W. Norton Company, 1995. 1181-1242.
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